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Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin envisions and creates rigid airships that are used for transportation and war.
The guillotine brings death to thousands of people during the French Revolution's "Reign of Terror."
North Vietnam attacks American naval ships, on 2 August 1964, but they do not react.
November 5 is "Guy Fawkes Day" because, in 1605, a plot to kill the King was thwarted when Fawkes was found with 36 barrels of gunpowder under the Hou...
Thomas Edison's new film company records destroyed boats and stranded ships in Galveston's harbor.
The Hindenburg, built in 1931, is almost as long as the Titanic. Its function is to carry passengers across the Atlantic Ocean in less time than a shi...
Roger Boisjoly reports his thoughts after he watches the Challenger explosion.
After Union soldiers leave, the South resumes racial discrimination and segregation as a way of life.
The debris is foam insulation that possibly damages the Columbia's left wheel well.
While John F. Kennedy is president, his younger brother, Bobby Kennedy, is his Attorney General and trusted advisor.
James feels he has "divine rights" and authorizes a new English translation of the Bible, then dies leaving the throne to his son.
To declare war with Germany in 1939, George VI gives a strong speech to millions of radio listeners without stammering.
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